ROM Hack Successful savegame transfers between PC and Switch

BlackOmegaTM

Active Member
Newcomer
Joined
Jul 2, 2019
Messages
27
Trophies
0
Age
39
XP
148
Country
Brazil
Skyrim saves are also cross compatible, I straight just copied my pc saves to my switch and the game loaded them just fine (minus the mods).

I'm also mostly sure that saves from games like cities skylines, mutant year zero, ion fury, amnesia among others are also compatible.
 
Last edited by BlackOmegaTM,
  • Like
Reactions: Broduskii

dshamz_

New Member
Newbie
Joined
Oct 18, 2021
Messages
3
Trophies
0
Age
36
XP
24
Country
Canada
I got a few confirmed compatible here:

Battle Chef Brigade
Dust: An Elysian Tale (making sure to transfer all files)
Eastward
Hyper Light Drifter (using the same converter tool method to use the save on a new PC)
Katana Zero
Octopath Traveler (by renaming and changing the file format)
 
Last edited by dshamz_,

deathblade200

Well-Known Member
Member
Joined
May 10, 2016
Messages
1,364
Trophies
0
XP
1,286
Country
United States
you can do it with a lot of games long as you know what you are doing. Borderlands series, Final Fantasy series, and Neverwinter Nights to name a few
 

JeepX87

Well-Known Member
Member
Joined
Aug 17, 2016
Messages
1,377
Trophies
0
Age
35
XP
2,547
Country
United States
Ni no Kuni II save from PC and decrypted PS4 aren't compatible with Switch due to size difference, neither is Sonic Team Racing.

Diablo II PC saves work if it isn't modded.
 

Broduskii

Well-Known Member
Member
Joined
Jul 2, 2014
Messages
180
Trophies
0
XP
1,149
Country
United States
Ended up getting Victor Vran on sale for steam, so i decided to try it out with the steam version. JKSM only seems to get part of the files that it uses. On Windows it seems to store your saves in appdata with in VictorVran. It contains Characters, logs, Save and DeveloperStorage.lua.

But on switch it only gives you the save files, which does not let you move said save to pc or the other way around.

I may try out some other games and update accordingly.
 

Himezaki

New Member
Newbie
Joined
Jul 4, 2022
Messages
1
Trophies
0
Age
23
Location
Winnipeg
XP
17
Country
Canada
I have successfully ported multiple Skyrim savefiles from the Xbox 360 to the Switch edition which involved me using several editions of the game.

Exported the Xbox 360 savefile from my USB using old mod tools on Windows, imported the save to LE (PC), migrated that save to SE (PC), and imported that save to the Switch edition of the game.
 
Last edited by Himezaki,
  • Like
Reactions: Broduskii

HalfScoper

Well-Known Member
Member
Joined
Apr 16, 2021
Messages
482
Trophies
0
Age
83
XP
1,109
Country
Germany
Instructions how to play your Disco Elysium PC savegame on Switch (haven't tried doing the opposite since I completed the game on Switch then):

1.) Install DE to your Switch.
2.) Start the game and get to the main menu.
3.) Start a new game and just choose any character type to proceed.
4.) Quickly skip the first dialogue until you can move around, save the game and quit it.
5.) Get JKSV if you haven’t already and create a backup of your new game.
6.) Copy the savegame to your PC and go to the SaveSlots folder inside the savegame backup.
7.) There will be a folder with a random ID and inside there are three files: a jpg, a json and a zip.
8.) Copy your PC savegame to the previously mentioned folder and rename your jpg and zip that you wanna use to the same as the json file (means to the ID of the folder, also remove the previous jpg and zip to avoid same names).
9.) Open the json file and edit the lines “fileName” and “title” to match your PC savegame’s actual names (for fileName it's the one which it had before you renamed it, for title it's the title (duh) which it has in the pause menu).
10.) Copy over the new files back to your SD and replace the old ones, then restore your savegame in JKSV.
 
  • Like
Reactions: Broduskii

JupiterJesus

Active Member
Newcomer
Joined
Jul 14, 2018
Messages
44
Trophies
0
Age
39
XP
279
Country
United States
Hollow Knight (requires save decryption, I think)
Wasteland 2 (long time ago, I think there were minor differences in file format but it worked)
Dragon Quest 11S (someone made a script to convert saves)
Salt and Sanctuary (must rename file and edit the file to remove some superfluous header data from the start of the switch save)
Children of Morta (needs a file rename, I think)
Hades (worked without issue)
Darkest Dungeon
Cuphead (easy)
Bloodstained Ritual of the Night (I think it was easy)

I tried doing FF12 Zodiac Age. I managed to open the switch save in a save editor and export it to a file that might work on PC, but I don't have it on PC to test the output.
 
  • Like
Reactions: Broduskii
General chit-chat
Help Users
  • Skelletonike @ Skelletonike:
    link doesn't work
    +2
  • Skelletonike @ Skelletonike:
    1H left, such a slow week.
  • Sonic Angel Knight @ Sonic Angel Knight:
    Okay, I had spaghetti :P
  • SylverReZ @ SylverReZ:
    Hope they made lots of spaget
  • K3N1 @ K3N1:
    Chill dog
  • SylverReZ @ SylverReZ:
    Chilli dog
  • Skelletonike @ Skelletonike:
    Damn, I'm loving the new zelda.
  • xtremegamer @ xtremegamer:
    loving the new zelda, i started a game, it was so fucking good, so i
    am waiting on my friend to get home so we can start a new one together
  • Skelletonike @ Skelletonike:
    I just dislike that they don't let me choose the voices before the game starts. Happened with botw as well, had to change to japanese and restart.
  • K3N1 @ K3N1:
    But the important question is can you choose gender
  • Skelletonike @ Skelletonike:
    Same way you can choose Gerald's gender.
  • Skelletonike @ Skelletonike:
    *Geralt, damn autocorrect.
  • Psionic Roshambo @ Psionic Roshambo:
    But can he be trans? Lol
  • K3N1 @ K3N1:
    Zelda transforms into link
  • Psionic Roshambo @ Psionic Roshambo:
    Link I'm not the princess your looking for.... *Pulls a crying game*
  • K3N1 @ K3N1:
    *skirt up* it's exactly what I always wanted
  • Skelletonike @ Skelletonike:
    Just scanned all my zelda amiibos, took a while but didn't get anything that cool, did get the lon lon ranch hylian fabrics though.
  • Skelletonike @ Skelletonike:
    It was pretty funny when I scanned wolf link and got a shit load of meat.
  • K3N1 @ K3N1:
    @Skelletonike, btw I ran that custom for mgs4 on the deck I'm amazed it got that far in game
  • K3N1 @ K3N1:
    Plug in*
  • K3N1 @ K3N1:
    Your favorite activity
    K3N1 @ K3N1: Your favorite activity